JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Over 1,259 employees of the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse since 1946, according to an independent report published Thursday. The study also found that at least 2,225 individuals have been victims of the abuse. Researchers examined documents from the 20 regional churches of the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) as well as Diakonie Germany, the church’s social welfare organization.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

“Group asks Supreme Court to block West Point, military academies from using race in admissions”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report. And John Kruzel and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “ US Supreme Court is asked to stop West Point from considering race in admissions.” You can access the Emergency Application for an Injunction Pending Appellate Review at this link.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exclusive report revealing that UK businessman Ian J. Stones, who spent decades working in China and disappeared from public view in 2018, was actually convicted of espionage and is being held by the Chinese government. The Financial Times questioned Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin about the article in a regular press conference.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Share The same group that spearheaded lawsuits to effectively end the use of affirmative action in college admissions returned to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to temporarily bar the U.S. Military Academy at West Point , which trains officers for the U.S. Army, from considering race in its admissions process. Students for Fair Admissions, a group founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, was at the center of the Supreme Court’s opinion last June , holding that the admissio

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) heard Russia’s appeal Friday against the sanctions imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The IOC in October 2023 banned the ROC with immediate effect for “breach of the charter.” The step came on the heels of the ROC recognizing the Olympic council of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), which are annexed territories of Ukrain

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Thursday bringing attention to three military drone strikes conducted by Burkina Faso’s government, reportedly targeting Islamist fighters. The strikes took place between August and November 2023 and resulted in significant civilian casualties in crowded markets and a funeral, according to a recent report by the international human rights organization.

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JANUARY 27, 2024

Can an enforcement judgment issued by a foreign court be recognized and enforced in another jurisdiction? This is a fundamental question concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. The answer appears to be relatively straightforward: “No”. Foreign enforcement judgments are not eligible to be recognized and enforced as they are not decisions on the merits (see in relation with the HCCH 2019 Convention, F Garcimartín and G Saumier, Explanatory Report (HCCH 2020) para. 95, p. 7

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Kenyan High Court in Nairobi ruled on Friday that the state’s decision to deploy police officers to Haiti was unconstitutional. According to the court, Kenya can only send police officers to Haiti if Kenya and Haiti have a reciprocal agreement under sections 107 and 108 of the National Police Service Act. The decision comes amid warnings from UN experts about surging gang violence in Haiti.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 27, 2024

It takes a lot to get me to raise fairness concerns over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. I was highly critical of Cuomo in his dismissal of the rights of Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation fight when Cuomo not only insisted that Dr. Christine Blasey Ford must be believed but demanded that Kavanaugh take a polygraph examination. However, Cuomo has legitimate objections to a new Justice Department finding that he sexually harassed 13 women over an eight-year period.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

A Moscow court ruled on Friday to extend the sentence of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by two months. Gershkovich, a US citizen, has been detained in Moscow since March 29, 2023 on espionage charges. This is the fourth extension of his sentence. He will now spend more than a year behind bars before the trial begins. Russia has accused Gershkovich of involvement in espionage against the Russian government.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 27, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the recent deposition of Kevin Morris, counsel for Hunter Biden. The transcript only magnifies ethical concerns that I have raised in the past despite a threat of a defamation lawsuit by Morris’s own counsel. Morris often seem confused about what role he was playing as donor, investor, collector, lawyer, producer, or friend.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Guardian released an exclusive report Friday, revealing that Transport for London (TfL) issued fines to thousands of EU drivers by illegally obtaining their personal information, in what is being described as a massive data breach. The report details that the breach was discovered by Belgian MP Michael Freilich. Under the current post-Brexit data protection rules , personal data does not need to be shared for non-criminal offenses, the UK government is prohibited from accessing the data of E

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Türkiye’s President Tayyip Erdogan officially approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO , marking the end of months of delay and leaving Hungary as the remaining hurdle to Stockholm’s NATO membership. The approval came about 20 months after Sweden first requested to join NATO in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson expressed his satisfaction, stating, “We welcome Turkiye’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO application.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Mali military leaders ended a 2015 peace agreement with separatist rebels in the north of the country citing hostilities and broken commitments among the pact’s signatories during a televised press conference Thursday. Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga read the press release from the Mali transitional government that placed blame for the peace agreement’s failure on international mediation and interference from Mali’s northern neighbor, Algeria.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The Czech Republic Senate voted against ratifying the Istanbul Convention , a convention from the Council of Europe (COE) intended to curb domestic violence and violence against women. Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák expressed his frustration with the failed vote on X (formerly known as Twitter) calling it an “international disgrace.” He commented on the traditional values of many Czech families and the greater need to turn the “rudder.” Dvořák stated th

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) urged the US on Thursday to halt passage of military ships in the Taiwan Straight. A spokesperson for the PRC Ministry of National Defense stated that the US must “stop abusing international law,” and “cease all dangerous provocations.” The statement was in response to the passage of a US naval destroyer through the politically sensitive area.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Chinese music student Xiaolei Wu was convicted Thursday on charges that he harassed an activist at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Wu was convicted following a four-day jury trial of one count of cyberstalking and one count of interstate transmissions of threatening communication. The incident leading to Wu’s arrest began on October 22, 2022, when the victim posted fliers saying, “We want freedom, we want food on our tables, we want to breathe, we want art, we want d

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2024

Statistics released by France and Belgium on Thursday show the number of antisemitic acts had risen sharply in both countries since Hamas’ attack on Israel and the initiation of the war in Gaza. The French Ministry of the Interior and the Service for the Protection of the Jewish Community of France (SPCJ) announced on Thursday that, in 2023, France has recorded 1,676 antisemitic acts committed in the country, as compared to 436 in 2022.

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